Hobby-horse.



A. 'E'. SMITH. HOBBY HORSE.

APPLICATION FILED PEB.19, 1909.

948,257. Patented Feb. 1, 1910.

witness on'rrn si'cnrns PATENT FFICE.

ALFRED E. SMITH, OF KELSO, l/VASHINGTON, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF 'IO- ISAAC H.

' HOWE, OF BELOIT, KANSAS.

HOBBY-HORSE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 1,1910.

Application filed February 19,1909. Serial No. 478,846.

State of Washington, have invented new and useful Improvements in Hobby-Horses, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to hobby .horses, and one of the principal objects of the same is to provide simple means for propelling a horse, said means being actuated by the r movements of the body of the rider.

Another object of the invention is to provide a hobby horse in which simple means the ront portion of the device, and means being provided whereby the hobby horse may be directed in its course of movements by the. rider at will. I

These and other objects may be attained by means of the construction illustrated in the accompanying drawing, in which,

Figure l is a side elevation and partial section of a hobby horse made in accordance with my invention. Fig. 2 is a detail section illustrating the manner of mounting the I front legs of the horse.

Referring to the drawing, the numeral 1 any suitable material and any required size. The front portion 2 of the hobby horse is preferably hollow andis connected to the rear portion bymeans ofa pivot rod or pin 3, so that the front portion of the horse may swing laterally with relation to the rear portion thereof. A suitable saddle 4 may be placed upon the hobby horse. The

front legs 5 are connected together by a cross bar 6, and said legs are properly spaced apart and pivoted upon a rod or bolt '1 passing through the front portion of the horse and provided with a nut 8 for securing said pin or bolt in place. The legs 5 are beveled on their up or ends to conform to the contour of the si es of the body portion 2where said legs are pivoted on the rod or bolt 7. A cross bar 9 is secured under the body portion 2, and a spring 10 is connected at one end to said crossbar and attached at its opposite end to the cross bar 6. A suitropelling the horse are connected'to' groun able hand hold 11 is secured upon the neck portion of the hobby horse to be grasped.

by the rider for the purpose of operating the same. a

-The operation of my invention may be briefly described as follows: The rider seated upon the saddle 4 grasps the hand hold 11 and makes a backward movement to raise swing the front'portion 2 to one side or the other upon the pivot 3.

My invention is of simple construction,

can be manufactured at slight cost and can be operated by any person who can simulate the ordinary movements of a rider upon agalloping horse.

1. A hobby horse comprising a rear section and a front section pivotally connected together, means whereby said front section may be swun laterally with relation to the rear section or guiding the horse, legs pivoted to the front section, a cross bar con nected to said legs, a bar-connected to said front section, and a spring connected to saidbars for throwing the front legs outward when raised from the ground by the rider.

2. A hobby horse provided with pivoted front legs, a cross bar connected near the upper ends of said legs, a bar connected to the body portion ofthe hobby horse, and a- Y spring secured to said cross bar at one end and to said bar at the opposite end to normally throw the front feet outward when the frontportion of the horse is raisedfrom the by the rider.- I r 3. A hobby horse com'prisili a front and a rear section 1pivotally conn ted together to permit-the 'ront section to be swung laterally relatively to the rear section, a hand cross bar to normafily i'hrow the from legs hold connected no the front section for operzpt-ing the same, front legs pivotally connected to the front section, a cross bar connected to said iegs. a bar connected to the front In testimony whereof I afiix my signature 3 section, and a sprin connecting said bar and I Witnesses:

a l g in presence of two Witnesses.

ALFRED E. SMITH.

CLYDE BAsHoR,

outward. SAM. CoLms. 

